Lock for ties, tie-plates, rails, and rail-anchors.



C. A. LIND.

LOCK FOR TIES, TIE PLATES, RAILS, AND RAIL ANCHORSP APPLICATION FILED NOV.I7',19I3.

Patented M91227, 1915.

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CARL AIVIEL LIND, 01F MALDEN, ILIiLINOIS, ASSIGNOB. OF ONE-FOURTH TO WILLiAM 1A. THORNTON AND ONE-FOURTH TO HARRY M. RICHARDS, BOTH OF GALESBURG,

lLLINOIS.

LOCK FOR TIES, TIE-PLATES, RAILS, ANIi RAIL-ANCHORS Specification of Letters Patentv Patented Apr. 21?, Fiittfi.

Application filed. November 17, 1913. Serial No. 801,513.

lie it known that l. Con. Anni. lnxn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maiden, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois. have invented a new and useful Lock for Ties. Tie-Plates, Rails, and Rail-Anchors, of which the folli'nving is a I specification.

My invention relates to means for pro renting railroad ties and rails from creep ing or moving from their proper positions. which movements are caused both by the frictional contact of the rolling stock wheels with the rails and by the rails rebounding.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means securable to one or more ties and adapted to prevent more than a very slight-movement of an anti-creeper or railanchor relatively tosaid tie or ties.

Another ob ect is to provide means which holds said ties, anchor, and a rail-seat or tie plate from more than a very slight move ment relatively to each other.

VV-ith these and other objects in view, which objects will readily appear as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed and better understood, the invention consists in the novel construction, combina tions and arrangement of elements and parts thereof shown, described and claimed.

More specifically stated, and referring; to the preferred structure shown in the accompanying drawings, it consists in a device attachable to a railway tie or the like, or to two or more adjacent ties, and adapted to prevent undue movement of a rail anchor relatively thereto, it being understood that the rail-anchor may be any one of a large number of such devices. and that the invention is by no means limited in its extent to any particular type or class thereof.

The type of anchor shown is that in which two members, one commonly known in the. art the base or clip and a co-acting member known as the mate, frictionally grip the oppositely disposed rail-flanges or base, the interlocked portions of said members lying beneath said rail-base,.

It may here be added that a. tie-plate may be "used or omitted in connection with my improvements, with equal facility and'eiiiciency. I

In said drawings, Figure l is a top plan,

partly in section and partly broken away,

showing a preferred embodiment of my improvoinent it appears when combined. with a pair of adjacent parallel railway ties, iie plaice. and rail: Fin. 2 is a bottom plan of the lockar alone. one of its ends broken oii: Fi e. 3. an end elevation, the locle ar shown partly in section in the line 3-3 in Fig 1: Fig. l-. transverse section, the plane. thereof taken in the line l--lin Fig. 1; Fig. 3. a similar view, taken in the line in Fin". 1 Fin. li. a front elevation of the locking-plate. its end portions broken away; and Fig.5. I, a modification.

Coming now to a detailed description of the drawings and referring to each element and part thereof (where expedient) by a distinguishing numeral. l. 1. designate a pair of ties; 2, '2, tie-[dates or rails-eats; and 3, 3, the flanges of an ordinary railway rail, the ball omitted and the web 4 shown in section.

out (.3 designate respectively the clip and mate members of a rail anchor shown and described in my co-pending ap )lication Se rial No. (393,014), tiled April 25, 1912, Any one of numerous rail anchors, consisting of eithe f a one-piece anchor o an anchor hav ing co-acting or interlocking parts, may be. employed. In fact, the structural features of the parts briefly described and above designated by numerals concern my invention only in COIlllJllliltiflllS therewith. The invention par .90 is shown best. in Fig. 2 and comprises a bar or plate 7 having apeit. s S in its end portions. v 10 designates a rib running along the outer edge of what, for the purposes of this specification i may term the rear end J. and 11 indicates a similar rib on its other end, 12.

13, 14.- desigmite a pair of rail engaging lugs or clips preferably beveled oli at their inner edges. The body portion of the. bar is curved upwardly at 15) to provide a pocket 16. 17 is a locking tongue or extension of the raised portion 15.

The rail having been positioned on the ties. the anchor is then placed thereon with ofsaid plates will, when the spikes are driven, as will presently be described, force the vertical wall of said rib 26 into frictional contact 'with and against the edge of the flange and thus aid in holding it from either longitudinal or lateral movements. The lock-bar 7 is then slidably turned into position, with one member of the anchor resting in the pocket-1i} the end walls of which. together with the rail engaging lugs 13 and 14, ati'ord shoulders "22 which prevent lateral movement to a greaterextent than is desired-thc amount being optional.

Spikes 27 are driven through the apertures in the loclcplate 7 and tie-plate 2 and.

into the tie or ties. Should it in certain cases be desired, one end portion of the plate 7 may be omitted, in whicl event it would terminate substantially at either of the places indicated by the broken lines a--a and 7), I), Fig. 2, and in such case the spikes are driven through both holes 8 in the other end of the plate T. However, the preferred manner of securing said plate is to drive the spikes through all the holes 8 shown. whereby it is rigidly secured to both ties 1 and said tics rigidly secured to each other thereby. The tie-plates are rigidly secured to the plate 7 by said spikes, and the rib 26 is thus held tightly against the edge of the rail base. Th rail-anchor is secured to the rail in its use..=.l manner, dependent upon its.

character, and the shoulders 22 prevent it from more than a minute movement relatively to the rail and ties. Thus it will be seen that the ties, tie-plates, rail. rail-anchor,

and locking-plate are locked each to each ofthe others and that neither can move independently of another excepting the unimportant distances possibly permitted by reason of the spikes not snugly fitting their apertures or by reason of a rail-anchor not fitting snugly in the pocket 16.

' In'order to provide a frictional lock which will be efi'ective in preventing movement of the rail-anchor without like movement of the locking-plate, I have provided the lip or tongue 17 which (inasmuch as said plate is preferably malleable iron) may be struck down into contact and frictional engage,

ment with the rail, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The elements will moreover cause a rust joint to form at their points of contact.

I have not deemed t necessary to encumber this specification and the accompanying drawings with descriptions of numerous modifications which have been contemplated by me. However, in order to illustrate modified means for securing or locking a rail anchor to a tie, I have shown in] T a railanchor identical with the one elsewhere shown, but have provided the abutment 21 thereof with an opening which receives a bolt 35 which passes through a. tie 1 and which is secured by a nut 36. This provides a very simple means for locking the rail anchor to the tie.

Some of the advantages not hereinbefore recited may be summarily stated as follows:

The improvements are adapted for use on either double or single track roads.

The abutment '21 prevents movement 0' the anchor in one direction, but not in tl other. It will be evident that my improvement prevents movement of the anchor in the opposite direction, caused generally by rebounding of the rail.

The locking plate is placed elsewhere than at-the joint-ties and preferably at the midlength of one rail and opposite the joint of the parallel or other track rail. Inasmuch as the rail-flange is prevented by the lockingplate-ribs from lateral movement at the midlength thereofwhich is the usual place where a rail spreads the device is an aid in preventing wrecks.

Buckling of the rail is to some extent at least prevented, for inasmuch as the lockingplate is secured to the ties, it will be effective in resisting buckling tendency, because its upper portion lies over the rail flange.

The word look as employed herein is but relative, for there will be some minor movement of the parts; said word I there fore comprehend to mean and to be construed as meaning restraint.

The rail-anchor members may be considered as an unitary structure, complete in itself, and the plate which is securable to the ties and which retains said anchor from bers for preventing said"rail-anchor from bodily lateral movement.

2. A rail-anchor lock having a pocket in which one end portion only of a rail-anchor is adapted to be seated, and a lip overhanging said pocket.

3. In combination with a railway tie and a railway rail, a rail-anchor. clip, a railanchor mate adapted for transverse wedging engagement therewith, and a plate securable to said tie for locking said clip and thereby said mate relatively to the tie. I 1

4. In combination, a railway rail, a plural member rail-anchor adaptedfto grip it, and means substantially embracing one member of said anchor to prevent lateral movement thereof.

5. In combinatiorP-with a railway tie, a

' rail. 1

8. The combination with a railway tie and from movement theretoivard memes rail thereon, a rail-anchor engaging said rail and adapted to'abut said tie to restrain the anchor comprising interlocking members as the rail tends to move in that direction, and means for restraining the anchor from movement in the opposite directionv 6. In combination with a rail-anchor and rail, a plate having shoulders adapted to prevent material movement ofrthe' anchor and having a portion adapted to be bent from its normal position and into contact with the rail.

7. The combination with a railway tie, a railway-track rail, and a rail-anchor, of a locking-plate adapted to be secured to said tie to prevent material movement of the anchor relatively thereto, and to thereby prevent substantial. movement of the rail relatively to the tie, said plate having a portion adapted to be forced out of its normal position and into contact with said rail, whereby said plate frictionally binds said a railway track rail secured thereto, of a plural-piece rail-anchor and means embracmg and holding one member oi said anchor from material movement relatively to said tie and rail the held member being adapted to engage and restrain its companion member from movement.

9. The combination with a railway rail and a rail-anchor, of means for preventing material movement of either with relation to the other, said means including a platehaving a centrally arranged pocket adapted to receive one end of the anchor and having portions adapted to receive one edge of the rail flange.

10. In combination, a railway tie; a rail secured thereon; a rail-anchor clip adapted to engage one flange of said rail; a railanchor mate adapted for sliding engagement with said clip and to grasp the other flange of said rail; and means embracing said clip and thereby restraining said mate and rail from material movement relatively to said tie.

11. In combination, a railway tie; a rail. secured thereon; a rail-anchor clip adapted to engage one flange of said rail; a railanchor mate adapted for engagement with said clip and to engage the other flange of and having a pocket disposed between said.

lugs, said pocket adapted to receive a portion of a rail-anchor. I

14. A device of the character described consisting of an elongated bar securable to a railway tie and provided with apocket provided in part by opposed Walls and in part by a transversely arranged tongue.

15. In a device of thecharactcr described,

and in combination, a railway-tie, a railway rail, means for securing said rail on said tie, a rail-anchor member adapted to engage one side of the rail base, a rail-anchor mem' ber adapted to engage the opposite side of the rail base, said members being interwedged, and a fixed element adapted to restrain one of said rail-anchor members from movement relatively to the tie.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature this eighth day of November, 1913,

CARL AMEL LlND. In presence of FAIQNIE J. SCHMITT, C. S. Rrormnos. 

